Third-party Windows Phone YouTube client, PrimeTube, released

Applyf are pleased to announce that the much anticipated YouTube client PrimeTube is now available on the Marketplace. We previously took the app for a spin in a preview of the client and immediately noticed the heavy Metro focus. So what's great about PrimeTube? Features include:

Applyf states that the app adheres to the YouTube ToS and will be updated when API changes are published. The next version is already in the works, which will see video recording / direct uploading support, upload queue management (with background transfers and notifications), list of live events, as well as a number of minor bug fixes in the subscriptions section.

What's also interesting about PrimeTube is that the app is complete free, with no advertisements. Just 100% pure Metro enjoyment. Be sure to follow the team on Twitter, and download PrimeTube from the Marketplace.

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Third-party Windows Phone YouTube client, PrimeTube, released

Wow, it's basically MetroTube. Interface and layout are almost exactly the same. Although it's arguably a little more polished.
Which is awesome, because I was waiting to find a nice replacement to MetroTube.

I like the app, but somehow I don't see the point in the text having a square box around it. Second of all, the videos play outside of the app and when you press back to go back to the app you can see "Resuming..." (not mango ready?), weird. Definitely looks a lot like Metrotube, but I still like Metrotube better. I only wish comments would be on a separate page (like Youtube Pro) instead of under the video, you can only see very few of them and you gotta keep scrolling, having comments under the video just puts way too much info on one screen. Also what's really annoying is not being able to copy text or click links in video descriptions.

Edit: one more thing, the video thumbnails actually have the m.youtube.com chrome in them and you can actually SCROLL it, heh. It's an IE mini window inside the app. I wonder if it downloads all the thumbnails for related videos and comments twice.

Oh, and the About screen doesn't look BEAUTIFUL / SLEEK at all, but I'm just nitpicking xD I'll keep an eye out for updates, but for now I'll continue using Metrotube or Youtube Pro.

I found that you CAN pin channels to the homescreen. You have to go to the channel info page by clicking on the 'i' button un der the author pivot in a video and you then pin the channel. There is also a live tile functionality for channels and videos.